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Memory
Expansion
The S1689 provides 4 DIMM sockets using 184-pin DDR with a total capacity
of up to 4GB. You can install DDR 266/333/400MHz Memory.

AGP
Support
The S1689 provides one 8X AGP slot. AGP 8x (1.5V) the new generation VGA
interface specification, this platform delivers enhanced graphics performance
with high bandwidth speed up to 2.12GB/s. Allowing users to have a more
realistic graphics experiences while gaming or movie watching.

IDE
The S1689 includes built in IDE facilities that supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133.

Good Mobo. It uses the pheonix bios, which makes it easy to overclock stuff. My only problem is that it seems to be dumping my memory whenever I install an OS and the tech support is worthless. If anyone has any idea how to stop the memory dumpage, please post it. BTW, I'm using an AMD Athlon 64 3500+, GeForce 6800 Ultra, a Dlink 802.11g wireless card, 4 gigs of DDR400 RAM, 2 SATA 200 GB harddrives, a 600 watt powersuply, and a CD/DVD RW.

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

Heatseeker

Date:

Dec 08, 2005

Motherboard is perfect if you know anything about computers. However if your a first time builder you might have some problems with the manual and updateing bios. With my OLD Nforce 2 ultra motherboard with @bios I could update bios with windows. However with this motherboard you need Win98 start up disk and boot from DOS prompt C''\ and run the Flash Utility. Other than that the board is great. I have 2X512 Dual Channel sticks of ULTRA Gold edition w/wooded Box PLUS 2X256MB Dual Channel MUSHKIN BLUE sieres. all running at 400 Mhz Dual Channel I can even set it @ 433Mhz no prob. Plus I leave the the ram settings at SPD and they are perfect. except i manually set Cas Latency @ 2.0.
The If your like me and you already have a Expensive AGP video card like a 6800 GT/Ultra or ATI 800XT then this is the motherboard to get. With the $$ I saved I was able to get extra ram and a 40 SATA Hard drive. This motherboard is great, like I said if you are a Newbie you might have problems.

Overall

4.0

Value

4.0

Features

4.0

Quality

4.0

Performance

4.0

Reviewer:

Masterchief

Date:

Nov 23, 2005

I like the mb but as soon as I installed my nvidia driver for my 256mb graphics card my computer would restart. I figured it was the bios conflict so I don't recommend this graphics card nVidia GeForce 6600 256MB DDR AGP w/DVI/TV-OUT please if you have any ideas post it please.

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

Frank

Date:

Oct 16, 2005

Despite the reviews I had read about this board - I had already been satisfied with the Chaintech 256 AGP 6600 I had bought so I thought I'd give this one a shot (I've always wanted a 939 as well) the board was a easy to install (though the jumpers could've been a little more detailed in the manual) would definately recommend to anyone looking for a cheap 939 board - but not to anyone looking to overclock their computer - as others have said - you get what you pay for

Overall

2.0

Value

2.0

Features

2.0

Quality

2.0

Performance

2.0

Reviewer:

mrejrobinson

Date:

Sep 13, 2005

Although this motherboard is at a cheep price. You get what you pay for. This Motherboard will function, but has no user friendly features. BIOS updating is very hard, and you have to have a floppy drive. BIOS is not user friendly. Owner’s manual was poorly written and the diagrams were even worse. Most of all, even after completing all of the BIOS Updates, this motherboard will not detect my ram at its correct speed. I have 2x 512mb PC3200 Rosewill Ram, and it will only recognize to Pc2700 out of the box and the BIOS update didn't help. After waiting a very long time, Chaintech Customer support blew me off, saying that my Ram was at fault. Not their motherboard; although my ram was detected correctly in my friends computer. I would suggest paying a little more, for a better board.

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